Winter in Tokyo is cloudy, but an inconspicuous garden, but the traffic is noisy, the military and police standing guard at the gate are menacing, and a wooden sign indicates the identity of the owner: Yama Prefecture Youpeng.

You Peng of Shan County is known as the "public enemy of the whole people", to be precise, he is the enemy of all civilian officials, but this does not prevent him from having an unmatched position in political and military circles. As a bigwig in the military circles, he does not have particularly significant military achievements, and the reason that really makes him rise to the top is that he is good at discovering talents, and the mountain is full of talents, and the army has Katsura Taro, Terauchi Masatake, and Tanaka Yoshiichi; In the political circles, there are Shirane Shirane, Hirata Tosuke, Oura Kanetake, Kiyoura Keigo, Tian Kenjiro, etc., and a large number of outstanding talents in the military and political fields came from the disciples of Yama Prefecture Aritomo.

In the living room of the Shan County family, the maid respectfully handed tea to the two guests, and the two sat solemnly without squinting.

The maid smiled and said, "Please wait a moment, your lord is reading the newspaper." ”

Both men were wearing the uniforms of army generals, one with short hair less than an inch on his head, and the other with no grass on his head. Both of them are figures who can make the ground tremble by stomping their feet in the political and military circles, the short-haired old man is Katsura Taro, who has served as prime minister three times, and the bald old man is the Minister of War Terauchi Masatsuki.

Katsura Taro from ten years ago, and Saionji Gongwang took turns to govern, the two of them generally go to power, you come to power, I step down, and then you come down and I go up, this period of time is called the "Guiyuan era".

Terauchi Masatsuki is not an idle person, and it was under his auspices that Korea was annexed, and in the past ten years, whether Ketsura Taro is prime minister or Saionji Konozomi is prime minister, his position as minister of war and director of education has been unshakable.

It was just such two famous figures, who didn't even dare to speak out loud in the living room of Youpeng's family in Shanxian County, and waited patiently for his reception.

After a long time, they finally heard the sound of the cane hitting the tatami mat, and the two of them sat straighter on their waists.

"Ahem"

After two coughs, I saw an old man with a clear face slowly walking into the room, he had a thin and scraped knife face, slender eyes and broom eyebrows, he looked unattractive, and the old man was holding an inconspicuous yellow vine cane. But this cane is very famous in the world, because it once knocked on the knee of Emperor Taisho, just because during the Imperial Council, Emperor Taisho dozed off.

There is only one person who dares to knock the emperor with a cane??? There are friends in Shan County!

Since the death of Hirobumi Ito and Emperor Meiji, there is no one who can hold Yama Prefecture Aritomo hostage, and hitting Emperor Taisho with a cane is just a pediatric, and even the matter of the crown prince's choice of a concubine has to be carried out through his nod. Emperor Taisho couldn't eat when he saw him, but he couldn't provoke him.

The emperor is a god in the eyes of ordinary people, but this god was held by Meiji Sanjeshi Saigo Takamori, Kido Takayo, Okubo Toshitsu, and later Ito Hirobumi, Yamagumi Aritomo and others, and if they can hold him, they can break him to pieces??? Emperor Taisho understood this truth all too well.

The people who can control the friends of Hengshan County are all dead, and it is said that the whole government and the opposition are his protégés, the three-time prime minister Katsura Taro, and the same is true of the war minister Terauchi Masatsuki, who has not changed for thousands of years.

Katsura Taro and Terauchi Masaki put their hands on their knees, knelt on the tatami mats and bowed: "Teacher's body is safe!" ”

Youpeng of Shan County smiled kindly like a mountain master who saw the proud protégé of Sanyuan and the first return, and waved his hand again and again: "Okay, good!" Sit down and drink tea! ”

Katsura Taro respectfully poured tea for Yama County Youpeng, which is the power of the head disciple, and Terauchi Masatsuki is not qualified enough to pour tea.

Youpeng put his cane aside, put the newspaper he was holding next to him, and then sat cross-legged: "People are old and their bones are hard, you are all my disciples, so I won't tell you so many etiquette." ”

Yama County Youpeng is already seventy-five years old, and the two disciples on the other side are not young, Katsura Taro is sixty-five, and Terauchi Masashi is sixty-two, both are old guys.

Yama County Youpeng greeted the two of them with a smile to drink tea, and after a long time, Terauchi Masatsui finally couldn't hold back: "Teacher, this guy Yamamoto Gonbei has done something to our army, and he is blatantly contemptuous of your authority!" ”

The primary goal of Yamamoto's reform was to break the intervention of the army and navy in the political axe, and he changed the system in which the minister of the army and navy must be an active military attache to a reserve force that could also be the minister of the army and navy, and the original stipulation that the minister of the army and navy must be a vice admiral or general on active duty, and if the army was dissatisfied with the political axe, he would not send someone to serve as the minister of the army, and the cabinet would have to collapse, so only those who liked the army or who acted according to the army's intentions could become prime ministers, and this was the army's most powerful weapon for controlling the political axe.

Gonbei Yamamoto, who was familiar with the relationship between the army and the navy, was also afraid that the army would do this to him, so he struck first and cut off the army's thoughts -- if you dare to resign, I can arrest someone to be the minister of the army. Although the lieutenant generals and generals of the reserve army are not as many as cattle hairs, at least they can grab a handful at hand, and these people have nothing to do at home, scratching their ears and cheeks in a hurry, as long as the prime minister hooks his fingers, he will gladly take office.

Yamamoto Gonbei shot viciously, and he poked the army's lung tube at once, which made Katsura Taro and Terauchi Masatsuki crazy!

Terauchi Masatsuki believes that Yamaguchi Aritomo absolutely cannot allow this to happen, because the system of active military attachés of the Minister of the Army and Navy is the hand of Yama Prefecture Aritomo.

After waiting for a long time, Youpeng in Shan County still drank tea with a smile and didn't say a word.

At this time, even Katsura Taro couldn't sit still, he bowed and saluted: "Teacher, now those guys from the Satsuma Domain have climbed to the head of our army, and the position of prime minister has always been held by people from the army, and Yamamoto Gonbei has to serve as the prime minister, and the people from the navy from the Satsuma domain have said that in the future, the army will be the second, and the world of this is the navy!" Gonbei Yamamoto made a speech propagating that 'national defense is not something that military men monopolize', openly inciting sentiment against the Army, and this time he asked the Diet to cut the Army's military spending by 30 million! ”

Katsura Taro's emotions became more and more excited, and finally he simply roared.

Yama Prefecture Youpeng laughed and said, "Katsura Taro, I'm afraid what makes you most angry is to cut the military budget by 30 million, right?" What's so great about this, cut it! ”

Suddenly, Shan Shan Youpeng's smile turned cold, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "However, if the army has cut by 30 million, the navy must reduce by 70 million??? Isn't it to reduce the burden on the people? Then come with the navy and army! ”

Katsura Taro and Terauchi Masashi glanced at each other, and at the same time showed joy, it seems that Yama Prefecture Youpeng is also angry, in this territory, there are only two political marginal figures who are not afraid of Yama County's friends, the spiritual leader of the Black Dragon Society, Touyama Man, and Inuyang Yi, who advocates the theory of Asian unity??? These two guys are not afraid of death, so they are not afraid of friends in Shanxian County, as long as they still want to save their heads, there is no one who is not afraid of the thunderous anger of this old man.

"Teacher, what should we do with this guy Yamamoto? This guy is showing off everywhere that he is a feudal priest of the Satsuma Domain! "Katsura Taro is the eldest disciple of Yama Prefecture Youpeng, and he has a very clear grasp of the teacher's likes and dislikes, and he knows best where Yama Prefecture Aritomo's death hole is.

As expected, Yama County Youpeng's eyes widened, Katsura Taro collided with his eyes, and immediately his body trembled and lowered his head, he felt that he seemed to be looking at the tiger just now, although Shan County Youpeng was already an old man, but his eyes were still as sharp as an eagle falcon.

"Domain? My favorite thing in my life is to teach those noble-born feudal lords! Even Saigo Takamori in the Meiji Three Masterpieces was forced by me to disembowel, Yamamoto Gonbei? This guy who marries a girl as a wife is considered old! "The sound of Yama Youpeng grinding his teeth makes people palpitate.

Yama Prefecture Youpeng came from a humble background, in his early years, because of a samurai-born army sergeant face-to-face walking, splashed muddy water on the sergeant's military uniform, and was forced to kneel in the muddy water, since then he hated those high vassal class, his biggest creed in his life is the famous words of Fukuzawa Yukichi: "The door system is like the revenge of killing the father!" ”

Katsura Taro and Terauchi Masaki both showed a knowing evil smile on their faces, offering the magic weapon of the feudal clan's contempt for the commoners, which is absolutely effective against Yama Prefecture Youtomo, and has already defiled the rotten nature of this old man's Yamamoto Gonbei junior.

Yamamoto Gonbei used to mess around when he was attending the military academy in the sea in his early years, and he drank and fought in pediatrics. Once, when I went to a prostitution house in Shinagawa with other non-commissioned officers to drink flower wine, I fell in love with a Hinata. That night, Ensign Yamamoto found a few people to be helpers, set up a ladder on the back wall of the yard, and stole the Hina out of the yard. And that Hinaki was the later Yamamoto Gonbei wife Tsuzawa Tokiko.

This period of history has always been a joke for the army, and the navy is a little discouraged, but Yamamoto Gonbei himself does not take it seriously.

"Teacher, what are you going to do with this guy?" Terauchi asked anxiously.

As the Minister of War, he is most afraid of Yamamoto Gonbei's reform, and if the Prime Minister does not like him, he can let him get out at any time, even if the army is angry, there is nothing to be done.

Yama County Youpeng casually handed over the newspaper on the tatami mat; "Look at this paper, it's interesting."

Masaki took it and was immediately confused: """Smart Rest"? ”

Youpeng of Shan County sneered and said: "This cartoon is very beautiful, I have to read this newspaper every day!" With that, he stood up and turned away without looking back.

Katsura Taro also leaned over to take a look, and suddenly his eyes flashed: "Terauchi-kun, look at the news next to the manga!" ”

Terauchi Zhengyi's eyes also widened suddenly, he seemed to be a wild dog that smelled the smell of rotten meat, and he almost jumped up with joy: "Yaga, naval corruption? It's so hateful! ”

The two of them read the news over and over again without pulling a word, for fear of missing any useful information.

Outside the door, the voice of Yama Prefecture Aritomo Elder suddenly sounded: "The governor of North Korea, Akashi Motojiro, has been recalled by me and will return to Tokyo in three days??? I'll give you the paper! ”

Katsura Taro and Terauchi Masaki said in unison: "Akashi Genjiro! ”

The two glanced at each other, and the admiration for the teacher in their hearts suddenly increased a little, and the ginger was still old and spicy!

(To be continued)